Hinge and corner iron



Jan. 2, 1923.

- I I. E. MARSHALL.

- HINGE AND CORNER IRON.

FILED APR-4,1918.

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HINGE an]; (Joanne raon- I i Y Application filed April 4, 1918. Serial No. 226,603..

To all whom it may concern; 5 the iron. applied tofthe joint or the bars Be it known that LIAN'rHUs E. MAR- 3. 1 These parts are provid'edwiththe'ears SHALL, a citizen of the, ,United States, re- 6 and '7 respectively, which ears register with siding at the c-ityof Richmond, county of each other and are perforated, as seen, to 60 5 Contra Costa, State of California, have inreceive the pin or rivet 8, which thus co nvented certain new and useful Improvcstitutes an eti'ective hinge pintle. Thus the ments in Hinges and Corner Irons, whereof crate cover 3 can beopened upon the hinge,

the following is a specification. thus formed, as seenin Figure 2', or closed This invention relates to improvements in as seen in Figure 1. p A

10 hinges and corner irons, applicable more These corners and hinge ironsareboX-like especially to collapsible crates or boxes for structures bent up fromsheet metal, in shipping poultry and fruit and other things the manner. to be set forth. 'Referring to which it is desirable to so protect. Figure 10, ablank is formed from sheet inet- The present invention consists in an in-' al, of rectangular form, as shown in the 70 terloclring corner and binge iron and in the figure. This blanlris slit, as at 9 and permanner of making the same. torated as at 11 for the pintle. The metal In carrying out the invention I cut blanks is then bent upward upon the dotted lines out of sheet metal which being bent in 12, and-down upon the dotted line 13, thus predetermined directions produce the interproducing'one member of the boX-likede- 75 locking hinge and corner iron. vice shown per se in Figure 7. This box In the accompanying two sheets of drawstructure, which has two open sides at right ing I have illustrated the invention, and so angles to each other, is slipped over the bars much of a crate as is desirable to fully show 1 and there secured by any suitable means, the manner of its use. as by pins at 14, driven through the metal so Figure 1 is a perspective view of part and into the wood. It will beflobservedof a corner of a crate with the present inthat owing to theboX-likeform of the de'-' y vention applied to it, the cover of the crate vice, it maybe'fastened by a single such being closed. I pin. y

Figure 2 is a similar view to Figure 1, Referring to Figures8 and 9,which1rep 30 but with the cover of the crate open. resent theblanlrs tor-the corner and hinge Figure 3 is a perspective view or the cor-" iron 5, I the blanks are of approximately ner and hinge iron for the cover, apart square form, and are slit at 15 and 16, and, from the same. perforated at 17. The'inetal is then bent Figure 4 shows one of the parts of the up at right angles on the dotted lines 18, and 35 iron, being he upper part of Figure 3. down at right angles on the dotted lines 19, Figure 5 shows the lower member of the thus producing the twoopen face boxes with iron of Figure 3. two open sides, shown in Figures 4: and 5, re-

Figure 6 is the same asFigure 3, but inspectively. These members arethen faced verted and in the position in which the iron and interlocked producing the device shown: 40 appears in Figures-1 and 2. in Figure 3, whichmay then'be applied to Figure 7 is a perspective of the corner the bars 3 and secured by the single pin and hinge "iron of the body of the crate. at 20. p v y This figure, in connection with Figure 6, The blanks may be cut from the same die shows the juxtaposition of the irons of but the holes tor the hinge pintle are in I -15 the cover and the body of the crate,'when difierent positions as disclosed in Figs. 8

in. use on the crate as seen in Figures 1 and 9, so as to registerrwheii the blanks. and 2. are bent to final form. I y

Figures 8, 9 and 10 are perspective views The hinge and corner members thus of the blanks from which the respective formed are very cheaply and quickly nianu- 50 irons are bent up, as will be explained here'- iiactured and require no complicated or exinafter. pensive apparatus for their, production, and

In these figures 1 represents the back I haveiound them very effective in pracbars of the crate, and 2 the side or end tical use. I Y a 1 bars thereof. 3 represents the bars of the Having thus describedmy invention, and

55 cover. t is the box-like corner and hinge an embodiment of it, in thetull, clear and iron applied to the joint of the bars 1; and exact terms requiredby law, and knowing of the several parts as hereinset forth,

the same may be variously modified by a skilled mechanic Without departing from the spirit of the lnvention.

What I claim and desire to secure by Let-' ters Patent of the United States, is the following to-Wit:- v

A hinge for a shipping box comprising twocomplementarv parts adapted to fit one in the other each of said parts being oomposed of a single meta-1 piece bent up to form 15 a right angle edge, saidedge being bent out M right angles to form an ear, and means engaging said ears of said complementary parts adapted tobmd them together.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses, this 25th day of Marcln 1918.

IANTHUS E. MARSHALL. Witnesses LoUIsE BEARDEN, I FLORENCE L. Worms; 

